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When do legal observers at protests get First Amendment protection?

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This week, we highlight petitions that ask the court to consider, among other things, whether words displayed on hats worn at a protest by legal observers – attorneys who document the treatment of demonstrators’ civil rights – can entitle them to sue police who suppressed the rally. Louis, Missouri. In Molina v. Broadnax v. Ratzloff v.

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New York sues New Jersey over compact governing Port of New York and New Jersey

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New York maintains that the terms of the compact provide that only Congress can repeal it and that, insofar as the compact represents a federal statute, its breach violates federal law. In earlier litigation, the Waterfront Commission sued the New Jersey governor to prevent him from enforcing the law. However, the U.S.

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Revenge of the rescheduled cases: Congressional proxy voting, the ministerial exception, and more

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Next up is Texas v. Gordon College seeks review, arguing that all of its professors are Christian educators who are used to promote the Christian mission through teaching, scholarship, and service. The case has already been rescheduled three times, clearly indicating it’s on at least one of the justices’ radar. rescheduled before the Nov.

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Sabin Center Files Amicus Brief in Support of New GHG Vehicle Emissions Standards

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In 2021 the Biden Administration reversed the Trump-era rollbacks and instituted the strictest-ever vehicle GHG emissions standards in a move aimed at preventing 3.1 In 2022, Texas, along with several other states and industry groups representing fuel manufacturers (together, Petitioners), challenged EPA’s new emissions standards in court.

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July 2021 Updates to the Climate Case Charts

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Each month, Arnold & Porter and the Sabin Center for Climate Change Law collect and summarize developments in climate-related litigation, which we also add to our U.S. climate litigation charts. By Margaret Barry and Korey Silverman-Roati. and non-U.S. HERE ARE THE ADDITIONS TO THE CLIMATE CASE CHART SINCE UPDATE # 147.

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Divided court declines to reinstate Biden’s immigration guidelines, sets case for argument this fall

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Share The Supreme Court will again weigh the executive branch’s authority to set immigration policy as some red states claim that the Biden administration’s enforcement decisions are too lax. Texas and Louisiana went to federal court in Texas to challenge the policy.

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Profile of a potential nominee: Ketanji Brown Jackson

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Her father then went to law school, eventually becoming the chief attorney for the Miami-Dade County School Board. Her mother became an administrator and served as the principal at a public magnet school for 14 years. surgeon general. After Biden nominated Merrick Garland, then a judge on the D.C.

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